Everything posted by Barihawk
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More bashing on the American legal system
America has most of the top colleges in the world.. Their private. You get what you pay for, to be honest. And LP, don't even start. If you hate America so much, move somewhere else. OH! BUT WAIT! You have it better than anyone else in the world, so you don't want to move somewhere else! Hypocrite. Back on topic...Celebrities seem to be able to get away with many things these days. Perhaps the reason is that they are able to hire the absolute best lawyers, who are skilled in the art of tricking their opponents into getting what they want. Unfortunately, every American has the right to their own counsel, so I see no workaround.
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Preview of the Amero!
I have to admit that the coins are pretty, except for the fact they are made out of freaking Gold and Silver. From the looks of it, those coins are 20 Amero coins, and would weigh a freaking ton.
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Preview of the Amero!
Mind giving us the economical background on this?
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The Earth isn't as warm as we thought
I said it many times before and I will say it again. If any of you idiots still believes that man can do JACK to this rock, you are very wrong. We could nuke ourselves into oblivion and nature would flourish. Global Warming is a publicity stunt to make Al Gore look good and produce really crappy Jake Glyllenhal movies.
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13-Aug-07 New Player Kit and Themed Worlds
They said on the forums (and possibly in the KB article? Can't remember...) that they did not give themes to world 1 or 2, because they receive enough traffic simply from being the top worlds on the list. Which is a very good reason. Perhaps trading will be easier if we use Jagex's worlds instead of traditional worlds. We would never have to worry about waiting 30 minutes to get in.
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Meet your meat
Animals like cows and chickens have been domesticated for thousands of years. Their purpose on Earth is to die and feed us. And we watched this in History of North American Ranching. Then the professor treated us to Burgers. They were great. By taking the extra time and resource to kill them fast, we would raise food prices worldwide, and you would force millions in poverty to go hungry because they could not afford the new meat.
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13-Aug-07 New Player Kit and Themed Worlds
He's a Tip.It Crew. Which means he's overrules you. No, it's more of the fact that his post was detailed, had the correct title format, and included both updates in one, rather than the usual "OMG I FIRST" nonsense.
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Deaf or Blind?
What's funny is that most children born Deaf are signing at the same level a 3 year can speak when they are only 8 months old. I forgot to mention that I have seen the above in action. I had a basic conversation with a Deaf toddler with the ability to answer how he was, who his mother is, and he could even spell his name. I was BLOWN away. The kid was barely over a year old.
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Wooden Shield For A Santa?
You've corrupted it by posting here, you should have posted it AFTER you finished. Now, people will try to make a name for themselves here and give you unfair trades. However, in the past I have gone pking naked into the Wilderness, using only the items I could find. I came out with full rune gear and a few black hide sets :P.
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Medieval-like Games + Medieval Fantasy
Oblivion with mods is amazing. Stuff like Tamriel Distance (Lets you see ALL objects from a distance such as cities, ruins, etc) and multitudes of overhaul mods make the game experience complete.
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Deaf or Blind?
The Deaf Community is really awesome :P. I've been spending a lot of time with them over the past year and a half.
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Arrest of 13-Year-Old for Writing on Desk Should Be Wake-up
Guaranteed 100% that we are not hearing the whole story. It's bound to be a sensationalist article when the ACLU is involved.
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Deaf or Blind?
It's a Cochlear implant, and they literally drill a hole into your skull to install it. It's not worth it, and you only gain 8 channels out of over 157 that hearing people have. And you would still not be able to hear over 95% of sounds. Better just to learn sign language.
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Deaf or Blind?
Definately Deaf. For one thing, I already sign pretty good (about a year until fluent status). Secondly, it's not a disability, really. Deaf people live perfectly happy lives, and really don't have to worry much about being inconvenienced (it's mostly us hearing who are disconvienced). So yeah, definately Deaf.
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The bible
For the love of God, Assassin. The word you are looking for is LITERALISTS. Fundamentalists are something completely different, but the internet has perverted it into something it is not. Fundamentalists are conservative Christians (as opposed to liberal Christians). Literalists are the ones who believe that the Earth is 6000 years old and every little word in the Bible should be taken as fact. Fundamentalists are those who believe the Bible in general is fact, but written in various figurative ways, in addition to literal elements. Among these are the belief that science is true, and part of the figurative aspect of the Bible. Liberal Christians are those who believe the Bible is just a fancy story and morality plays.
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4th of July
Actually, you can thank Britain for bombing the hell out of Fort Sumpter in 1812. Hence, "the rocket's red glare" for the fireworks. Firecrackers are for rednecks :P. I'd much rather enjoy a good Barbeque and watch the real rockets go off at the park than blow off a few fingers.
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2008 Presidential Elections
Turn to your TV and change the channel, FOX isn't an intelligent way of gathering information. Anyway, I'm for Obama. Hillary, as stated above, is a hypocrite who will say anything to pease the crowd in front of her, so I don't honestly understand her motivers fully, and I'm not willing to take that sort of risk. I never watch fox news simply because its "pop" news. I get my news from a handfull of other sources and Ive done my own research on Obama. The truth about him is that during part of his childhood he was raised in Jakarta, Indonesia where he attended a muslim school. Is there anything wrong with that? No....but what makes it so interesting is that in recent years America has become very distant with muslim nations and muslim terrorism has become a big issue for us. Anyways, I agree with you on Hillary. She will please whomever she is speaking to. Check your research. Obama is now a devout Christian. He is not Islamic. And Fox News is just as good a news organization as CNN or any other. It's actually a liberal news station like any other that hires conservative talking heads to make things interesting. I would like a guy like Ron Paul to run the country, although my vote will more than likely go towards McCain. I would be happy if Obama was elected if we just HAVE to have a Democrat in the Oval Office.
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Reducing Gas Prices
But it is. Over the past 10 years, millions of Northerners have migrated to the Southern United States. Less than one million have moved to the North. But this idea won't work. Plus, we have no right to complain about gas prices. America has the cheapest gasoline in the world. In China and Britain, they pay 6-10 dollars PER LITER. How about we all start driving more fuel efficient vehicles? All of Saturn's new line (including a Pickup and several SUVs, a sports car, and the classic sedans) get at least 40 miles to the gallon.
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sci/fantasy books
Just read "The Captain's Daughter" by Peter David. It was ok, but not quite worth the hype.
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Forum Advertisements Are Getting Out of Control!
Spyware could be an issue, as this is a library computer. And bloody heck, the Lampoon's ad is up again.
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Forum Advertisements Are Getting Out of Control!
Well, at school on my computer I have ad blockers, but here at the civic library I can't add them. I've seen ads of a sexual nature (worst of all the National Lampoon's ad which refreshes itself every page until you clear your cookies) all this week. It's kind of embarrassing for me to check this forum with this sort of crap up there. I'd post the links. but it's a flash ad and I can't right-click it. EDIT: And the Papparazzi Extreme ad. I really don't care to see "what is under Lindsay Lohan's Bikini" and I don't think the majority of this forum needs to see that either.
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15 May 2007 - Dream Mentor
By the time you finish casting the spell, you'd be ashes. This spellset is great, and further reinforces the belief that Lunar magic = white magic. The scanning spells are a prime example. Now we need the level 99 spell "Blink" :P
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Summer fun! Or is it?
Glad I am taking a break for the summer.
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Interesting montages on American consumerism
Haha, I found that impressive too. :) Many of them are quite shocking. I'd hope that countries like the U.S are world leaders in recycling. We are. (In fact, some states even fine people for not recycling). I hate to spoil the message, but these are overhyped. When spread among the population of the US and given programs such as recycling they are really not that impressive.
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Interesting montages on American consumerism
He obviously is not taking recycling into account. A good number of those plastics are re-used.